Overview

• In a new interview, the House of the Dragon actor said women who assert limits are still branded “difficult” and face heightened vulnerability during intimate scenes.
• She credited intimacy coordinators with formalizing consent and speaking up for performers who lack the language to express discomfort.
• Cooke argued the profession has improved sets that once asked actors to “fudge” through intimacy, reducing the sense that work takes “a chunk” of oneself.
• The debate continues as Gwyneth Paltrow and Michael Douglas recently described coordinators as stifling or intrusive, reflecting generational differences.
• Cooke shared a separate on-set story about accidentally hitting co-star Tom Glynn‑Carney hard during a slap, and she is promoting Prime Video’s The Girlfriend, which debuts Sept. 10, while working on House of the Dragon.